Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-27
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Refuses to Permit Calves.
ton County to be Made Less Than
the Regulation Size.
The Senate Greer County Certificate Bill
Passes the Householder Meas
ures Acted Upon.
THE SENATE

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, March Ex-senator
Terrell, for judiciary committee No. |,
reported favorably the Senate bill pro-
viding for recording sales under execu-
ton.
Senator WoodW ward introduced reso-
luton which was adopted to print 1000
copies of the Senate memorial report on
Pfeuffer and Hall.
The Senate bill fixing the time of hold
ing courts in the Twenty ninth district.
Passed.
The bill or resolution amending the ju-
dietary article was considered and dis
Cussed at length.
An amendment was adopted fixing the
terms of district judges to be four years
An amendment was adopted requiring
the district Judge to be six years
lawyer and resident attorney OF his dis
trict.
The bill does not affect the law as it
row stands, except as above indicated.
The free conference committee on the
bill relative to payment of wages OF rail
road employees was adopted.
The minority report favoring the organ
izatiou of Encinal county was submitted.
Senator Allen from the committee on
agricultural affairs reported favorably
suggestions from the Governor relative
to cotton states exhibition on the plan
Of the Atlanta exposition.
The bill permitting Galveston to organ
iZe a county less than the constitutional
limits was lost.
A motion to reconsider was made.
The judiciary article amendment was
ordered engrossed, and is TO be voted on
in every district.
On motion of Senator Upshaw the bill
was called up to exempt tiremen from
Jury ard similar service, but was lost.
The Senate cOncurred in House amend
ments to the bill making collectors pay
monthly to the State Treasurer the Gal
weston amendatOry act and several
others.
The Joint resolution amending the con-
stitutIOn with reference to the registra-
ton of voters in cities of 10000 in
habitants or more was ordered engrOssed.
Senate bill in relation to the distribu-
ton of reports of the Supreme and APP
peIlate courts was ordered engrossed.
Adjourned until Monday at 10 O'Clock.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order by the
Speaker, prayer by the Chaplain of the
Senate. House bill No. 209, Mr.. Brans-
ford's, allowing jurors pay for each day
and fraction of Gay they attend court as
Jurors, was discussed by the author and
Messrs. Smith of Travis, Browning. Full
Ter, Wilson, Garner, Moore Of Travis, and
others.
The minority report in favor OF the bill
was adopted.
Also an amendment to the bill prOvid-
ing that no one shall receive pay except for
actual service and who has travelled five
miles to attend.
The bill was defeated.
Senate bill 27O, amending the law as to
breach OF warranty of titles TO landsf
passed.
Senate bill 1881 requiring the tax col
lectOrs to settle directly with the State
Treasurer. passed.
House bill 27I, providing for sale of
county bonds for investments in seCurl-
ties, passed.
House bill amending the Eighteenth
Judicial district passed.
Senate bill changing the term of court
in Trinity county passed.
Senate bill for the relief Of j. G. Patton
passed to third reading.
Senate bill creating the Forty-secOnd
Judicial district and changing the terms
in the various counties in the Panhandle
section passed.
House bill for the relief OF W. T. Perry
of Cooke county ana House bill for the
relief of the heirs of j. J. Myer passed.
Senate bill amending the charter Of
Galveston so as to authorize the con-
struction of sea-walIs and hreakwateTs
passed, with an amendment that no fee in
land shall be taken except with the own
er's consent.
Adjourned till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon session the House
considered Senate bill authorizing new
certificates on the surrender of original
ones to lands in Greer county, to be
issued in the same way as under the vete-
ran act OF 1881 and patented as in other
cases, provided, however, that if no
public and unappropriated domain can
be found on which to locate
the certificates the parties TO whom they
are issued shall have no further claim on
the state which provision is 20 be express ed